‘FASTag fee collection reaches Rs 80 crore per day’: NHAI

Electronic toll assortment by way of FASTags has crossed Rs 80 crore a day with document 50 lakh transactions per day and greater than 2.20 crore FASTags issued to this point, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) stated on Friday. Centre has made FASTags necessary for all autos from January 1, 2021.

“With FASTag being mandatory for vehicles from 1st January 2021, the NHAI has made all necessary arrangements to provide seamless movement of vehicles at Fee Plazas. Adoption of FASTag has helped highway users save time and fuel at the toll plazas. The digital transaction has got necessary push through the recent amendment in Central Motor Vehicle Rules,” the NHAI stated.

FASTag, a radio frequency identification (RFID) sticker, usually fastened to a automobile’s windscreen, lets toll cubicles wirelessly and routinely deduct the payment, thereby not requiring a automobile to cease. The tags have been made necessary for all new automobiles bought after December 1, 2017, as a measure to encourage digital funds and unencumber congestion at toll cubicles.

In a transfer aimed to present a significant fillip to reinforce digital funds and cut back bottlenecks at nationwide highways, the Centre had mandated that every one lane of nationwide highways toll plazas be declared as “FASTag lanes” by December 2019.

“As social distancing has become the new norm, commuters are increasingly looking at FASTag as a toll payment option as it nullifies the chances of any human contact between the drivers and the toll operators. Being an inclusive technological tool for toll collection on highways, FASTag is a more practical and beneficial option,” the NHAI stated.